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Flash flood watch posted for entire state

A flash flood watch was posted for all of the Granite State on Monday morning, and was expected to last through the evening.

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Updated: 6:20 AM EDT Sep 2, 2013

Flash flood watch posted for entire state

A flash flood watch was posted for all of the Granite State on Monday morning, and was expected to last through the evening.

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Updated: 6:20 AM EDT Sep 2, 2013

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WEBVTT DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. MUCH MORE LOOKING TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK IN A LITTLE BIT. THANK. ONE OF THE HARDEST HIT AREAS FROM THE STORMS OVERNIGHT WAS HOOKSETT. AS MUCH AS FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN A YOUR SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. I CAN TELL YOU, AMY, IT WAS LOUD OUT THERE OVERNIGHT AND SCARY. YEAH, A LITTLE BIT. YOU KNOW, MY PHOTOGRAPHER IS FROM HOOKSETT. HE TALKED ABOUT HOW HE GOT NO SLEEP. IT WAS ROWDY OVER YOUR HOUSE AS WELL. A LOT OF PEOPLE ON FACEBOOK SAYING THE LIGHTNING WAS INTENSE AND THE RAIN WAS SCARY. NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE REMNANTS OF THAT. WE'RE HERE IN HOOKSETT AT THE CORNER OF HACKET HILL ROAD. ALL OF THE GRAVEL PULLED INTO THE ROADWAY. YOU CAN SEE FOR YOURSELF THAT WATER HAS RECEDED FOR THE MOMENT. THAT'S THE NATURE OF FLASH FLOODING. STILL LOTS OF PEOPLE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. THE STORM DRAINS ARE RUNNING HIGH. WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT STORM DRAINS THIS MORNING. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT COMES WITH FLASH FLOODING AS WELL. YOU CAN SEE THE DEBRIS CLOGGING UP THE DRAIN. SOMETHING PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WANT TO CHECK FOR THIS MORNING. MAKE SURE THE STORM DRAINS ARE CLEARED OUT. THERE'S MORE RAIN ON THE WAY FOR SOME OF US LATER TODAY. SOME OF THAT COULD BE INTENSE. ALL OF THAT LIGHTNING KNOCKED POWER OUT TO SOME FOLKS OVERNIGHT. THEY PEAKED AT 3100 OUTAGE. THAT'S DOWN TO JUST A HANDFUL. WE DID SEE A POWER CREW EARLY THIS MORNING. MOST FOLKS IN THE AREA SEEM TO HAVE THEIR POWER ON. OFFICIALS REMINDING PEOPLE NOT TO BE CAVALIER ABOUT CROSSING A FLOODED ROADWAY. YOU JUST DON'T KNOW HOW DEEP THE WATER IS OR HOW FAST IT IS RUNNING. REALLY TO CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. THAT COULD TURN TREACHEROUS AND

Flash flood watch posted for entire state

A flash flood watch was posted for all of the Granite State on Monday morning, and was expected to last through the evening.